William Butler (South Carolina)

William Butler (17 December 1759-15 November 1821) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-SC 5) from 4 March 1801 to 3 March 1803 (succeeding Robert Goodloe Harper and preceding Richard Winn) and from SC-2 from 4 March 1803 to 3 March 1813 (succeeding John Rutledge, Jr. and preceding William Lowndes).

Biography
William Butler was born in Prince William County, Virginia in 1759, and he moved to South Carolina while he was a young man. He served in campaigns against the Cherokee and in Casimir Pulaski's legion during the American Revolutionary War, and he served in the State House from 1787 to 1795 and in the US House of Representatives from 1801 to 1813. He fathered William Butler Jr., Andrew Pickens Butler, and Pierce Mason Butler.